Old Town Lansing-based CiesaDesign recently received the Exemplary Business Award from the 2008 Governor’s Awards for Arts & Culture for creating high quality designs for arts organizations.
According to excerpts from the article:
Ciesa’s work includes promotional materials for the East Lansing Art Festival and the original brand and brochure for the area’s First Sunday Gallery Walk. When it came to their old neighbors in East Lansing, Scene Metrospace, Ciesa not only designed the log and helped brand the fledgling gallery, but it also helped pay utility bills.
Standing in the lobby after the announcement, [owner Lauren] Ciesa said he was proud to have come so far over the years, from his original two person staff helping with the early East Lansing art festivals to having a staff of 10 who give their time and talents to the arts.
“We’ve sort of created a culture of activism,” Ciesa said. But the real credit for sustaining the arts in Lansing, he said, goes to the area’s arts organizations and their leaders. “We get the pretty posters and the color and all this stuff, but really it’s the directors of these organizations who work very hard,” he said.
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